Walt & Company

Walt & Company was a technology company founded on Earth. It was absorbed into the Vail Advanced Research and Technology in 2028, becoming Trent Advanced Research Division, an institution devoted to mostly particle physics and very advanced technologies. Trent Advanced Research was involved in and responsible for many advances in string theory and quantum physics throughout the 21st century.

Technological Advances
Most of these major advances were made in the 2030s and 40s after Walt & Company was absorbed into Vail Advanced Research and Technology in 2028.


 * 2032: Supercane- genetically modified sugarcane that could grow up to a foot a day, and loaded with chemicals that target the bacteria that cause tooth decay. Helped practicaly eliminate cavities.
 * 2035: Haven Islands- self-sustaining communities in the Pacific. Many wealthy or famous people lived on them. Exact details are unknown to this day.


 * 2035: Mind-Body Displacement System- allowed for minds to be preserved outside of bodies and transplanted into new ones. Side effects included paranoia and possible urinary incontinence. If use extended repeatedly for years, nerve damage and insanity may result. As such, it was tightly regulated by the Terraliberan government and eventually banned by 2038. This did not stop the secretive corporo-government agency called the Department (sometimes Ministry) of Intelligence, mostly controlled by VART, from using it in interrogations and data-mining.
 * 2036: Higgs Field Manipulator- used centrifugal-laser driven micro-colliders to create a "bubble" of increased mass, and hence gravity.
 * 2045: "Infinite energy" producer- used HFMs to dramatically increase the mass of particles, causing easy nuclear reactions that could be perpetually repeated. The HFMs were very limited technology, not practical for everyday use. However, some weapons and technology were powered by them, such as the Terraliberan Powered Battle Exoskeleton and the CS-3000 laser weapon. Also, certain buildings were powered by these reactors.
 * 2050: Higgs Bomb- Released a huge pulse of higgs bosons, which caused an area the size of a city to collapse inwards, with no effective shielding. Only one of these was made, and it was released by Socialist One in at the end of the Second War.

Famous CEOs
Founder Walter Trent (believed to be a pseudonym)

Peter Trent (Eliminated cavities once and for all)

George Lee (first non-family CEO)

Wally Jenkins (inventor of MBDS)

Jacob Trent (control returned to Trent family)